Vaumisa of Tagae

Vaumisa of Tagae (374 BC-335 BC) was the Satrap of Lydia under Emperor Darius Codomannus of the Persian Empire.

Biography
Vaumisa of Tagae was born in 374 BC at Tagae in the Persian Empire (near present-day Damghan, Iran). Vaumisa was a member of the aristocracy of Persia, and he was made the Satrap of Lydia under Emperor Darius Codomannus. Vaumisa governed Halicarnassus, and had low skills at management. He was also lacking in military skills, and in 335 BC he was besieged by the Macedonian army of Alexander the Great. Vaumisa and Greek mercenary general Memnon of Rhodes were engaged by Alexander at the Battle of Halicarnassus, and Vaumisa was in command of 28 chariots, his bodyguards.

During the battle, Vaumisa was not directly involved in much of the fighting with the Macedonian forces, as he had no army to speak of. He oversaw the battle, and while he was retreating, he ran into a force of Macedonian phalangists blocking his path. Vaumisa was killed by the Macedonian troops that he encountered, and Halicarnassus fell to Macedon.